A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues. Steven S. Rogers

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Preface: Social Unrest, Protests, and the Podcasts Notes

      5  Introduction Notes

      6  CHAPTER ONE: Why Should You Trust My Advice? Who Am I? The Anatomy of Race Men and Race Women The Makings of a Race Man A Race Man in Business The Importance of Being a Philanthropist Paying It Forward Notes

      7  CHAPTER TWO: How the Wealth Gap Was Created The Roots of Black American Poverty The End of Bondage Black Codes Home Ownership and Wealth Creation Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) Keeping Suburbs White Notes

      8  CHAPTER THREE: Donate to HBCUs HBCUs Financial Need Notes

      9  CHAPTER FOUR: Deposit Money into Black-Owned Banks Black-Owned Banks versus White-Owned Banks Mortgages Financial Apartheid Banking Black Notes

      10  CHAPTER FIVE: Support Black-Owned Businesses The Importance of Black-Owned Businesses Race in Business More Than Employers Black in Print A Brief History of Black Entrepreneurship in the United States How to Find Black-Owned Businesses: Become a Customer Notes

      11  CHAPTER SIX: Write a Letter Supporting Reparations Reparations History The U.S. Precedent of Paying Out Reparations HEAD: Making Reparations Work Notes

      12  Epilogue Notes

      13  Discussion Questions

      14  Acknowledgments

      15  About the Author

      16  Index

      17  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Prominent HBCU alumniTable 3.2 HBCUs by state.

      2 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Black-owned banks, state-by-state breakdown

      3 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Black employment practices

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Summary, HBCU Tour.Figure 3.2 Percentage of undergraduates receiving a federal loan.Figure 3.3 Median cumulative amount of federal loans borrowed by bachelor's degree recipients.Figure 3.4 Distribution of cumulative federal loan debt for bachelor's degree recipients.

      Guide

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